Common Name: Variegated Japanese SpindleLatin Name: Euonymus japonica ‘White Spire’Soil: Any well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: Insignificant flowersHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 0.4m x 0.2m Special features: Strong upright habit with year-round interest and can also be used for hedging, it can also be grown in a pot. Harmful if eaten. Euonymus japonica ‘White Spire’ is an upright versatile plant that has many different uses around the garden. It can be grown in a pot or used as hedging and is very low maintenance, and will benefit from a prune in Spring to encourage a more bushy form. The plant is fully hardy but in cooler climates and more exposed gardens it may loose some of its leaves, sometimes all of them will fall but then come the next Spring new foliage will appear.